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A German WWI propaganda poster, designed by Jupp Wiertz in 1918, showing a woman with long, flowing reddish-brown hair combing a large section of it, with text encouraging the collection of women's hair for industrial use during the war.

Sammelt ausgekämmtes Frauenhaar

Germany, 1918

29 x 19 in (74 x 48 cm)

ID #LB20X30TABLE-M

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"Sammelt ausgekämmtes Frauenhaar! Unsere Industrie braucht es für Treibriemen. Annahme: Deutsche Frauenhaar-Sammlung vom Roten Kreuz, Giß Magdeburg"

Translation: "Collect combed-out women's hair! Our industry needs it for drive belts. Acceptance: German women's hair collection by the Red Cross, Magdeburg"

Public campaign organized by the German Red Cross to collect hair for industrial purposes during World War I

Printer: Wohlfeld, Magdeburg

Artist: Jupp Wiertz

Condition: Good - light fold line

Material: linen backed on canvas

All sizes are approximate.

500-1000 hair mgerman poster propaganda red cross Sammelt ausgekämmtes Frauenhaar size-29x19 vintage poster world war I WWI

More from $500 to $1,000